7400 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE April 19, 1990 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Apri/19, 1990 The House met at 11 a.m. Slippery Rock, PA. He subsequently and greens of the landscape promise a The Reverend James Trusel, Bridge­ served as pastor at the West Liberty rich harvest. Earth Day reminds us of water United Methodist Church, United Methodist Church for 17 years. the realistic challenges of protecting Bridgewater, PA, offered the following For the last 10 years, he has served as our planet. Yet, we must also offer our prayer: pastor at the Bridgewater Church. children and ourselves the realistic Almighty God, we come before You Reverend Trusel has served his com­ hope of places like Earth, TX. in gratitude this morning-grateful for munity with distinction. In addition to Today, they give our Nation a spe­ this new day and the challenge it his formidable responsibilities as cial, hello from Earth. brings, ·grateful for this great land of pastor, he has somehow found the ours-filled each day with new life and time to be a leader in a variety of local new opportunities-grateful for the civic activities, including his service as COMMEMORATION OF 20TH peace and freedom we enjoy; grateful trustee for the Beaver Area School ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY for the high privilege of serving our District education foundation, and as fellow man in our individual and col­ director of the Bridgewater Communi­ of the next century if we do not take all. Mr. COMBEST. Mr. Speaker, there action now to stop the accumulation is a community in my congressional of the greenhouse gases. district named Earth, TX. I rise today REV. JAMES TRUSEL to note that the people of Earth, TX I submit to the President that while while those of us in Texas may at bad as we fear; it could just as easily Mr. KOLTER. Mr. Speaker, it is times be accused of exaggerated prove to be worse than we could possi­ with particular pride and privilege claims, the folks in Earth, TX· do not bly imagine. that I rise this morning to honor Rev. claim originality for Earth Day, but If there is some factual uncertainty James A. Trusel, pastor of the Bridge­ they are glad to share a good idea. about the extent of global climate water United Methodist Church in These people depend on good water change, would it not be wiser to err on Bridgewater, PA, located in my con­ and fresh air to grow their crops and the side of safety? Mr. President, the gressional district. Reverend Trusel raise their children. To them, the pop­ world is looking to the United States has offered the opening prayer for ular phrase, "the environment" has for leadership on this vital question. It today's legislative session. always been known simply as "the is not a time for timidity, it is a time Reverend Trusel began his ministry land." for action. in 1963, when he was appointed to St. There are still places where the skies John United Methodist Church near are a deep blue, and where the tans

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... .. __.. - - I ._ .... ~ Aprill9, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7401 NATIONAL "CANS-TO-CONGRESS" Perhaps in addition to Earth Day we lish an independent, nonpartisan MAIL CAMPAIGN need two more celebrations each year. Bureau of Environmental Statistics China, the world's most popu­ I pose two questions to my col­ Since 1939, sportsmen have paid $1.3 lous nation, which in the near future leagues: First, who will be left to recall billion in additional taxes on hunting could well become the world's greatest these bombers? equipment under the Pittman-Robin­ contributor to greenhouse gases. It Second, at that point, why would son Program. boggles the mind. The President has you even want to? Since 1952, under the Dingell-John­ no problem sending a secret delegation Mr. Speaker, the B-2 is a technologi­ son and Wallop-Breaux Programs, an­ to China .to "kowtow" to Beijing's cal marvel whose time and budget glers have paid a staggering $2.1 bil­ aging despots, but he refuses to invite have passed. I encourage all .our col­ lion in additional taxes on fishing them to cooperate on solutions to the leagues to join with us in supporting equipment. world's urgent environmental crisis. the B-2 Termination Act. And the private sector has made a Mr. Speaker, in March I authored an tremendous impact as well. Since 1937, article in the New York Times which for example, Ducks Unlimited mem­ noted that despite the President's PRESIDENT BUSH'S RHETORIC bers donated $508 million to protect 5 campaign promise to address the ON THE ENVIRONMENT million acres of vital habitat in "Greenhouse Effect" with the "White Mr. Speaker, American sportsmen "Whitewash Effect." Mr. FRANK. Mr. Speaker, people provided the foundation for the cur­ This week's meeting demonstrates who will pay some attention to the rent environmental movement in this that Mr. Sununu's environmental 1988 Presidential campaign might country, and even today, sportsmen "Whitewash Effect" is alive and well. have expected President Bush to show comprise an invaluable component of PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY some interest in cleaning up Boston our national effort to preserve and The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Harbor. They would have been wrong. conserve our natural resources. DELLUMS). If the gentleman from The President's budget provides no I salute this long and proud tradi­ Pennsylvania has a parliamentary in­ funds whatsoever for Boston Harbor; tion of our first environmentalists: the quiry, would the gentleman stand on but I want to defend him against the American sportsman. his feet and propound the parliamen­ charge that he harbors some particu­ tary inquiry and the Chair will be will­ lar anger about Boston Harbor. ing to answer the gentleman. The fact is that Boston Harbor is SUNUNU'S ENVIRONMENTAL Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I do not being treated any less effectively WHITEWASH EFFECT have a parliamentary inquiry. My by the Bush administration than any

~59 0-91-42 (Pt. 5) 7406 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE April 19, 1990 commitment to the environment. Un­ ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE Members were to be recognized in the fortunately, it has remained at the SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE order in which they appeared on the rhetoric level. The SPEAKER pro tempore Ronald Reagan. Who is Earth Day 1990 and each day is an crats have controlled tlie Congress of opportunity we cannot afford to the most popular President this coun­ the United States. If we really have all try has ever known? He is President waste. We owe it to each other, and we of these environmental problems, how owe it to our children. As Alden Whit­ George Bush. can they blame them on an adminis­ By most polls around the country man once wrote: tration that has been in power for less today, George Bush has an 81-percent Our ideals, laws and customs should be than 14 months? approval rating. And to you Demo­ based on the proposition that each genera­ I would suggest, as I look at this ad­ crats there in the well who have been tion in turn becomes the custodian, rather ministration's 14-month record, that standing up bashing poor President than the absolute owner of our resources­ for the first time in 13 years we are George Bush all day long, I say it is and each generation has the obligation to going to see clean air legislation pass this inheritance on to the future. good to know that you are among only thanks to their leadership; for the 19 percent of Americans. You know, if first time ever, we are going to see the I were a Democrat, and I used to be Environmental Protection Agency ele­ one, I would be running scared, too. vated to Cabinet-level status; for the Against a President who has 81-per­ NAVY OWES HARTWIG FAMILY first time ever, we are going to get A PUBLIC APOLOGY cent popularity, I would be running some real ground-water legislation; we scared, too. Soviet Union, is there any doubt we permission to address the House for 1 throughout Eastern Europe, social and should recognize Lithuania or that we minute.) political reforms are surging in the should recognize Norway's decision to Mr. McEWEN. Mr. Speaker, it was Soviet Union, and free elections were send them oil? Today's crisis in Lith­ 50 years ago that two of the world's held in Nicaragua. uania grew out of that same horrible greatest butchers, Joseph Stalin and These are the ultimate rewards of period that produced the Katyn Adolf Hitler, got together through their endeavors and this is the appro­ Forest massacre. This was the terror their Foreign Ministers and entered priate memorial to the valiant young of 1940, the crushing of Poland, the into a pact, the Molotov-Ribbentrop men of the Iowa. They, like so many Agreement, whereby Hitler said I will others in peace and in war, gave their crushing of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia. We must never forget. take Poland, Joe; you take Estonia, last full measure of devotion in the Lithuania, and Latvia. So they rolled service of the country they loved. their tanks in against each other, but So on this first anniversary of the then stopped in agreement with their Iowa tragedy, let us memorialize those D 1200 nonaggression pact. lost in the conviction of liberty for all The United States refused to recog­ people and in the steadfastness of our CHINA MUST PARTICIPATE IN nize the occupation of Lithuania as Nation in its resolve for peace. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT justified and has refused to to this ON GLOBAL WARMING day. And that occupation has now IS THERE ANY DOUBT WE Mikhail Gorbachev from Norway. last day of his life. He was one of tion on this important issue. Mr. Speaker, I say congratulations 15,000 Polish officers, intellectuals, However, the administration failed to Norway for this consideration. I senior police commanders gunned to invite to this conference the world's urge them to do it. Those who recog­ down in the Katyn Forest near Smo­ largest coal burner and the third big­ nize that freedom should be honored lensk. His name was Major Adam gest generator of carbon dioxide, the wherever it exists, pray that Norway Solski. People's Republic of China. As the will do what is right for Lithuania and There is nothing poetic about his not allow those people to freeze. last words, because he did not know he Chinese Government pushes its plans was going to be shot in the back of the for economic expansion, many fear head that day by the predecessors to that pollution will dramatically in­ crease unless there is international THE ACCESS TO EDUCATION the Soviet KGB, the NKVD. The date FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT was April 9, 1940. That date rings in pressure to use proper safeguards. American history, because 2 years It is ironic that this same American (Ms. SLAUGHTER of New York later there occurred the Bataan death administration claimed it was in Amer­ asked and was given permission to ad­ march. Katyn was a death march for ica's best interest to do very little in dress the House for 1 minute and to Poles who numbered about three response to the Chinese Government's revise and extend her remarks.) times more than the Americans and brutal crackdown. on the democracy Ms. SLAUGHTER of New York. Mr. Filipinos who died on the Bataan Pe­ Speaker, in the United States today movement in Tiananmen Square. the number of homeless children ex­ ninsula 2 years later. They said it was in America's best in­ Mr. Speaker, I .will read three para­ ceeds the population of the city of At­ terest not to pass legislation extending lanta. These children lack more than graphs including what Major Adam the visas of Chinese students who Solski wrote: just a home. They lack continuity and feared political repression and jail. security. They lack adequate nutrition Polish Maj. Adam Solski stood among the pines of Katyn Forest together with about But now, on the important issue of and regular health care services. Too 100 fellow officers. Soviet security men were reducing air pollution throughout the many of these children lack consistent prodding them with bayonets to make them world, the administration suggests access to an education. stand still. that it is in the best interest of Amer­ Every one of these children has the He was writing hastily in his small pocket ica not to include the Chinese Govern­ potential to contribute to the growth notebook: "9 April [19401 ... they brought ment in serious negotiations. of our country or to be a financial [us] somewhere in the forest. Here personal drain on it. An education is a crucial search. They took away my watch-time As a member of the Committee on 6:30 [a.m.]. I was asked for my wedding ring Energy and Commerce, which just element of their development. And, a ... took my rubles, belt and pen knife ..." well educated work force is undoubted­ completed its consideration of clean ly the best tool we have for securing This was the last sentence he ever wrote. air legislation, I know how difficult In 1943, this diary was found on his body. our Nation's economic future. For He had been shot in the head. He was one these kinds of negotiations can be. homeless children, education is even of the 4,400 bodies in eight mass graves-all While we all deplore the tragedy at more important because often it serves murdered by a shot in the head. Tiananmen Square, any international an important stabilizing force. In a Mr. Speaker, the Soviet Union has agreement on global warming would world where nothing else remains con­ now admitted their guilt for this atroc­ have only limited impact without the stant, school provides an environment ity. The same people who committed participation of the People's Republic that helps meet emotional as well as this atrocity were the same people of China. It is in the best interests of academic needs. who sat at Nuremberg and judged all Americans that we seek to reduce Mr. Speaker, today I have intro­ other war criminals. Yet they were dangerous air pollutants throughout duced the Access to Education for Eco­ guilty of the first major horror crime the worlci. nomic Security Act with my distin- April19, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7409 guished colleagues Mr. MILLER of Cali­ So I say congratulations to Norway organized Democratic Party efforts in fornia and Mr. ScHUMER. This bill re­ and to free people everywhere for this Chamber to partisanize Earth moves barriers that prevent classroom making the Soviet Union acutely Day. The fact is in the Senate there learning for homeless children by aware that freedom cannot be surrep­ were 34 Republicans and 16 Democrats building upon structures created in titiously put down. who gave Senator MITCHELL the key the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless A half a century ago the Lithuanina victory on getting a signable clean air Assistance Act of 1987. In addition, people forcibly lost their independ­ bill out of the Senate. this bill provides necessary financial ence, and the time certainly is now The fact is there is a bipartisan coa­ and technical support to State and that all the world recognize that inde­ lition working on the clean air bill. I local educational agencies. pendence. would call on the Democatic leader­ Homeless children face tremendous ship to join Republicans in putting obstacles in their pursuit of an educa­ RECOGNIZE EARTH DAY AND into effect more recycling activities tion. ·Even routine paperwork-obtain­ RESPECT OUR EARTH here on Capitol Hill and working to ing medical and academic records or improve the environment, instead of birth certificates-can be a complicat­ CMs. LONG asked and was given per­ trying to exploit the environment for ed procedure for families with no per­ mission to address the House for 1 purely narrow and partisan purposes. manent address. The legislation we minute and to revise and extend her have introducted today requires that remarks.) States remove these, and all barriers, Ms. LONG. Mr. Speaker, if we were ENVIRONMENT NEEDS ACTION and encourage the attendance, enroll­ renting the Earth and our lease were MORE THAN WORDS ment and school success of homeless up, I don't think we would be getting our security deposit back. (Mr. MAZZOLI asked and was given children and youth. permission to address the House for 1 Of course, the Federal Government There is no question that our planet has been damaged, and that the envi­ minute and to revise and extend his must work to solve our Nation's hous­ remarks.) ing crisis. But that won't happen over­ ronment in which we live is in urgent need of repair. Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, unfor­ night. tunately official duties here in the Without an education, homeless However, since the first Earth Day in 1970, progress has been made on a House today prevented my being in children run a high risk of continuing Frankfort, KY, our State capital, to a cycle of poverty and homelessness number of fronts. The Environmental Protection Agency was established, receive an award from the Kentucky instead of achieving all that they can. Environmental Quality Commission. This is an issue that hits every single the original Clean Air Act became law, and maybe most important of all­ The award is the Earth Day 20 taxpaying American in the pocket­ Award, which is given to commemo­ book. Common sense should tell us people have a better understanding that once the environment is dam­ rate or to recognize my efforts in that we cannot afford to write off behalf of the environment of the Com­ these young minds. We invest now in aged, it takes a long time, sometime hundreds of years, to put things back monwealth of Kentucky and of the our insurance for the future, or we country. will pay later to support an uneducat­ in their place. While we have made some progress, I am proud to share the award that I ed, unskilled, unemployed population. received in absentia today with Gover­ The United States cannot afford to much still needs to be done. The land­ fills of our Nation are filling to capac­ nor Wilkinson, State Senator Gerald throw away its future, a future which Neal of Jefferson County, Principal depends on our children. ity. Landfills in each of the 10 counties in my district are nearing capacity and Calvert Hydes of Wheatly Elementary some have closed. Oilspills seem to be School, the director of our zoo, Dr. taking place regularly, and incidents Bill Foster, and Radio Station WFPL REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER FM, for a series they did. AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 586 similar to the garbage barge may become increasingly common if we Mr. Speaker, there are many pieces Mr. FAWELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask remain the "throw away" Nation that of important environmental legislation unanimous consent to have my name we are at present. pending in the Congress. But for my removed from cosponsorship of H.R. Mr. Speaker, my guess is that we are part, I have some priorities. One, we 586. going to need this Earth Day and should raise the Environmental Pro­ The SPEAKER pro tempore Mickey Leland the will of the Nation exists to solve part of the legislation that emerges Peace Dividend Housing Act of 1990. problems or address human needs, we from this Congress. More importantly, This vitally needed legislation will pro­ as a nation will rise to the occasion. if it is, the Environmental Protection vide a variety of housing assistance to Where the public will exists, a way Agency must enforce its provisions. all Americans based on need and is will be found. With our changing de­ We have seen too many times before structured to meet the demand for fense needs, the Congressional Budget where the EPA, the national stewards low-income housing by the end of the Office [CBOJ estimates that combined of our environment, have been derelict century. Our Government has not current and future proposals on con­ in their responsibilities to conserve only the ability but the responsibility ventional force reductions and demobi­ our natural resources. If the Chesa­ to develop an effective and equitable lization in Europe could r.esult in a po­ peake Bay is to be preserved for gen­ housing program. Because budget au­ tential savings to our defense budget erations to come, EPA's enforcement thority for housing has decreased by of $30 billion annually, the opportuni­ of the laws must be consistent and approximately 75 percent since 1981, ty exists. vigilant. day by day we slip further away as a The Leland bill would provide for nation from the goals of the 1949 Na­ 3,815,000 additional units of housing CONGRATULATIONS TO tional Housing Act to provide "a over 5 years. FUnding costs for these NORWAY decent home and suitable living envi­ housing programs will be no more ronment for every American family than necessary to meet the need and of rule XXIII, de­ olution in Lithuania. We should do ev­ homeless assistance and production of clare the House resolved into the Commit­ erything we can in America to support affordable housing by nonproft orga­ tee of the Whole House on the State of the all of them. nizations. New programs are also pro- Union for the consideration of the bill the 2-mile segment from the Santa Fe It has been endorsed by the Nation's Subject to the regulations already National Forest boundary to the second leading environmental organizations, crossing of State Highway 4, near Las Con­ the Sierra Club, the Wilderness Socie­ prescribed by the National Wild and chas Trailhead, as a recreational river; and Scenic Rivers Act. "(2) the 4-mile segment from the second ty, Friends of the Earth, American This amendment will prevent pat­ crossing of State Highway 4, near Las Con­ Rivers, and the Audubon Society. These groups have sent letters to enting of surface claims in the river chas Trailhead, to the third crossing of corridor. The amendment maintains State Highway 4, approximately one and every Member of the House to express one-quarter miles upstream from Jemez their support for the Richardson­ this land in the Federal domain. Falls, as a wild river; and Vento-Schiff amendment. Therefore, should mining take place "(3) the 5-mile segment from the third Let me also say, Mr. Chairman, that along the river, Federal law would re­ crossing of State Highway 4, approximately I wish to thank the U.S. Forest Service quire claimholders to restore the land one and one-quarter miles upstream from for their help in drafting this amend­ after mining. Jemez Falls, to its confluence with the Rio ment. I think this is an amendment The Richardson-Vento-Schiff San Antonio, as a scenic river. amendment is the only way to assure "( ) PEcos RIVER, NEW MEXICO.-The that is supported on a bipartisan basis 20.5-mile segment from its headwaters to by our colleagues in the other body. It that needed reclamation will take the townsite of Tererro; to be administered is, as I said before, a piece of legisla­ place and that the area along these by the Secretary of Agriculture in the fol­ tion that is very important, not just to rivers is managed by Congress, as was lowing classifications: the State of New Mexico, but to the intended in the National Wild and "<1) the 13.5-mile segment from its head­ whole country. As we approach Earth Scenic Rivers Act. waters to the Pecos Wilderness boundary, as Day, I think it is that much more im­ Again, Mr. Chairman, this amend­ a wild river; and portant. ment has been worked out in consulta­ "(2) the 7-mile segment from the Pecos tion with the U.S. Forest Service, the Wilderness boundary to the townsite of Ter­ Mr. Chairman, let me explain the erro, as a recreational river.". need for this amendment and why it chairman of the Subcommittee on Na­ tional Parks and Public Lands. AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. RICHARDSON was not considered in the committee. After the committee considered H.R. The gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Chairman, 644, a mining company applied for VENTO] is offering this amendment I offer an amendment. patent, for ownership of 188 acres today, along with me and the gentle­ The Clerk read as follows: worth of mining claims within the man from New Mexico [Mr. ScHIFF]. I Amendment offered by Mr. RICHARDSON: river quarter. This matter was not con­ believe the chairman of the Subcom­ Page 2, line 14, strike "(1)'' and insert "(A)". mittee on Mining and Natural Re­ Page 2, line 18, strike "(2)" and insert sidered at the committee level because "(B)". the Forest Service had been assured sources, the gentleman from West Vir­ Page 2, line 23, strike "(3)" and insert by the Copar Pumice Co. that it would ginia [Mr. RAHAL], is also supportive of "(C)". not attempt to patent its claim. Not this amendment. Page 2, after line 26, and page 3, after line more than 3 weeks after the Interior Mr. Chairman, this is an important 9, insert: "After the enactment of this para" Committee forwarded the bill, Copar environmental vote. This is an impor- April 19, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7417 tant environmental bill. I stress again So if the surface area within the patent this. Especially I think it is in­ that there is no partisanship involved. proposed wild and scenic river bounda­ teresting in the fact that there were It is supported in the State of New ry cannot be patented, and the claim­ assurances given at some point that Mexico by Republicans and Demon­ ant exercises his valid claim, he would there would not be an effort to patent crats alike. The bill is supported too, be required to reclaim any surface this. But for the fact that we had not as has been mentioned by the gentle­ area he disturbed. passed this a month ahead of the time man from California [Mr. LAGOMAR­ Because the current Wild and Scenic and it was signed into law, we would SINO], by the administration through Rivers Act disallows a patent to the have avoided the particular problem the Forest Service. surface estate even for claims with a that is presented to us. Mr. Chairman, I want to stress once "valid and existing right," and because I think it is good to resolve this so again that we are not talking about sufficient authority already exists for we do not have this legal cloud or this amending here the 1872 mining law. I reasonable regulation of surface dis­ threat over this wild and scenic area. think that will be addressed in further turbing activities, this amendment ac­ As I pointed out, someone, of course, legislation. complishes no more than what current advocates that this is simply some­ So Mr. Chairman, again this is an law provides. thing sacrosanct, to mining. The fact important bill. This is an important My colleagues should support the is that once a patent is made, these amendment. I urge support for the designation of part of the Jemez and lands, this 178 acre area along this Richardson-Schiff-Vento amendment. Pecos Rivers as wild and scenic. But wild and scenic river candidate would, Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, I move they should do so without unnecessary in fact, be available for anything, for to strike the last word. amendment such as the one currently subdivision, for a whole host of other Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of being debated. uses that have nothing to do with the the bill, but in opposition to the type of pumice claim that is being amendment being offered by my col­ 0 1300 Mr. VENTO. Mr. Chairman, I rise in made here. So it could be used for a league from New Mexico, Mr. RicH­ whole variety of things and, of course, ARDSON. strong support, of course, of this There is no one in our delegation amendment. made at the lofty price of $2.50 an who opposes the intent of H.R. 644 as Mr. Chairman, I think that there acre for that area. it was reported out of the Interior are a lot of intricacies here we can get Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, will the Committee. I certainly agree that we into. gentleman yield? should designate parts of the Jemez Basically what is happening here is Mr. VENTO. I am happy to yield to and Pecos Rivers for wild and scenic this, that we had a legislative proposal the gentleman from New Mexico. protection status. However, I must to designate a wild and scenic river in Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, I cer­ object to the need for the amendment the Jemez and Pecos Rivers. At the tainly thank the distinguished chair­ that is being debated this afternoon. I same time we have proceeding, much man for yielding. believe current law and regulations to our chagrin and assurances to the The question in my mind is, and I offer the level of protection the contrary, a regulatory action going know that being a little redundant is amendment purports to provide. forth with regard to a mining claim. not really a sin and buying insurance, It appears that valid mining claims These two are diametrically opposed. and I can assure the gentleman that I have been made on property that lies One would designate a wild and scenic would agree except for the fact that within the boundary of the proposed river. One would, of course, patent. this is a surface mineral involved as an wild and scenic river. A patent applica­ Patent just is not the right to mine, it ore body, and somebody is going to tion has been filed by the claim owner is the right to the surface, it is the have to make the distinction some­ and the Forest Service with the De­ right to a substantial type of surface where along the line of what is the dif­ partment of the Interior will deter­ modification in this wild and scenic ference between the surface and an mine the validity of the claims. corridor which would be at odds with, ore body, because they are the same. As required by Forest Service regula­ and as I said, a contradiction of the I do not think this amendment does tions regarding mining operations that basic designation that is going on. So one iota toward making that discern­ would cause significant surface dis­ we have going on two tracks, a regula­ ment or discrimination, and that is the turbance, the claimant has filed an ap­ tory track, and a legal track, two dif­ point I am making, which is · that I proved reclamation plan. ferent uses of the same area. think it is going to have to be left to As current law states, substantive The fact of the matter is that, I some regulatory body to make that de­ environmental regulations apply think, as someone who is interested in cision somewhere down the line, and whether mining operations are con­ trying to clarify this, in other words, we are not going to do it in this ducted on private or public lands. we have, the Congress does, a right to amendment. Beyond that, because only the mineral in fact designate this river and to pre­ Mr. VENTO. Mr. Chairman, I thank deposit can be patented under current vent this type of misuse or abuse to the gentleman for his view and his in­ law after a designation of wild and this particular type of wild and scenic sight. scenic, the surface estate will remain river. That is what is going on. I think that this does accomplish the public land, thereby this land will con­ Someone is saying, well, this is a purposes that we are dealing with. tinue to be subject to reasonable patent, and administratively that the Mining of the deposit will not be Forest Service regulation. Congress cannot deal with this. We stopped by this amendment. Obviously Those regulations include the recla­ have to leave this contradiction go for­ we intend, of course, to deal with what mation of any surface area disturbed ward, and we have to take our chances happens on the surface in terms of during a mining operation. with it. this issue. The gentleman in that re­ The central question needs to be The fact of the matter is, Mr. Chair­ spect is correct. asked-does this amendment accom­ man and others, I am not willing, and But I would hope we could all sup­ plish any more than what current law I do not think the gentleman from port this amendment. I think we are and regulation provides in protecting New Mexico is willing, to go the roll of trying to clarify it, trying to protect the Jemez River? I say no. the dice so as to protect this particular the surface, and trying to deal with Title to the surface mining claims Jemez River corridor. That is what the the issue at hand. that are patented within wild and issue is about. Mr. Chairman, I would hope that we scenic river boundaries is not passed. We are trying to resolve that so that would be able to move ahead so that That is, the Federal Government re­ we do not leave it with an administra­ we could prevent, for instance, not tains ownership of the land even tive cloud as to whether they decide only just the mining that occurs here, though title to the orebody is passed. for sufficient reasons to, in fact, which is in and of itself a concern, but 7418 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE April19, 1990 to give the opportunity, if it is under a estate if the claims are found to be ment in the nature of a substitute valid, existing right, if it is, in fact, a valid. adopted by the Committee of the valid, existing right, then it comes All that the gentleman is asking is Whole? If not, the question is on the under the provisions of regulation. If that we maintain the surface estate of amendment. it is not, it comes under a patented the lands, lands that will in fact be in­ The amendment was agreed to. claim and comes under the 1872 corporated into· the National Wild and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The mining law which, as I say, for a min­ Scenic Rivers System, in public owner­ question is on the engrossment and uscule price per acre, we could see ship. third reading of the bill. condos developed there, we could see This is nothing new. The bill was ordered to be engrossed timber cut in the area, and it would The mere fact that a mining claim and read a third time, and was read likely to result in devastation of the exists, and that application for patent the third time. entire qualities for which we are desig­ has been made, does not carry with it The SPEAKER· pro tempore. The nating this resource. a vested right to a patent. question is on the passage of the bill. I would hope that we would adopt It is a well settled matter that the The question was taken; and .the this amendment. I think it does what Congress can, and has on numerous Speaker pro tempore announced that needs to be done and puts, I. think, an occasions, placed limitations on the is­ the ayes appeared to have it. answer here legislatively at the time suance of patents to mining claims on Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, I object that we are dealing with this as op­ public domain lands. This is done to the vote on the ground that a posed to leaving it up in the air for a without extinguishing any valid exist­ quorum is not present and make the regulatory agency to wholly decide. ing right or invoking a taking of prop­ point of order that a quorum is not Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Chairman, I move erty. present. to strike the requisite number of In fact, section 9(a) of the Wild and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evi­ words. Scenic Rivers Act states that, subject dently a quorum is not present. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of. to valid existing rights, a patent may The Sergeant at Arms will notify the Richardson amendment. be issued to a mining claim in a pro­ absent Members. The question being raised by the tected river corridor for the mineral The vote was taken by electronic gentleman from New Mexico's amend­ deposit only. The surface estate would device, and there were-yeas 391, nays ment is relatively simple: Do we con­ remain in public ownership. 1, not voting 41, as follows: tinue to allow public domain lands to The Richardson amendment recog­ be sold off in a willy-nilly fashion for a nizes current law, and, moreover the [Roll No. 751 mere $2.50 an acre? fact that the claim holder in question YEAS-391 This gentleman from West Virginia, does not possess a valid existing right Ackerman Conte Gephardt the chairman of the Subcommittee on to obtain a full fee patent for the Akaka Conyers Geren Mining and Natural Resources, has Alexander Cooper Gibbons claims within the Jemez River corri­ Anderson Costello Gillmor spent a great deal of time investigat­ dor. Andrews Coughlin Gilman ing this very question. I would urge all of my colleagues to Annunzio Courter Gingrich My response is, and this body's re­ vote for the Richardson amendment. Anthony Cox Glickman sponse has been, to just say no to the Applegate Coyne Gonzalez 0 1310 Archer Dannemeyer Goodling rip-off of the public's land for fast Armey Darden Gordon food hamburger prices. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on Atkins Davis Goss Today, this body is considering a the amendment offered by the gentle­ AuCoin de la Garza Gradison Baker DeFazio Grandy matter involving the mining law of man from New Mexico [Mr. RICHARD­ Ballenger Dellums Gray 1872. This law allows mining claims to SON]. Bartlett Derrick Green be staked on public domain lands for The amendment was agreed to. Barton DeWine Guarini Bateman Dickinson Gunderson certain minerals and gives the claim­ The CHAIRMAN. Are there further Bennett Dicks Hall holder the optfon of seeking title to amendments? If not, the question is on Bentley Dingell Hall the land, at 1872 prices, from the Fed­ the committee amendment in the Bereuter Dixon Hamilton eral Government. nature of a substitute, as amended. Berman Donnelly Hammerschmidt Bevill Dorgan Hancock The mmmg claims in question The committee amendment in the Bilbray Dornan Hansen within the proposed Jemez River corri­ nature of a substitute, as amended, Bilirakis Douglas Harris dor are for pumice, a material used in was agreed to. Bliley Downey Hastert Boehlert Dreier Hatcher the manufacture of stone-washed blue The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, Boggs Duncan Hawkins jeans. This gentleman will not argue the Committee rises. Borski Durbin Hayes the popularity of stone-washed blue Accordingly the Committee rose; Bosco Dwyer Hayes jeans. I may even own a pair and I am and the Speaker pro tempore [Mr. Boucher Dymally Hefley Brennan Dyson Hefner certain many of our children do as HARRIS] having assumed the chair, Mr. Brooks Eckart Henry well. PICKETT, Chairman of the Committee Broomfield Edwards Herger Moreover, it remains to be seen of the Whole House on the State of Browder Emerson Hertel Brown Engel Hiler whether all of the claims were staked the Union, reported that that Commit­ Bruce English Hoagland for minerals that are, in fact, even tee, having had under consideration Bryant Erdreich Hochbrueckner subject to the mining law in the first the bill Feighan Hunter Campbell Fields Hutto mining law of 1872, but rather, is sub­ Wild and Scenic Rivers System, pursu­ Cardin Fish Hyde ject to sale by the Federal Govern­ ant to House Resolution 360, he re­ Carper Flake Ireland ment under the Materials Act of 1947. ported the bill back to the House with Carr Foglietta Jacobs Be that as it may, the gentleman is an amendment adopted by the Com­ Chapman Ford James Clarke Frank Johnson taking a conservative approach with mittee of the Whole. Clement Frenzel Johnson this amendment. He is not seeking to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Clinger Frost Johnston extinguish the claims or prohibit the the rule, the previous question is or­ Coble Gallegly Jones Coleman Gallo Jones lawful mining of the pumice. In fact, dered. Coleman Gaydos Jontz the legislation would even allow for a Is a separate vote demanded on the Combest Gejdenson Kanjorski patent to be issued to the mineral amendment to the committee amend- Condit Gekas Kaptur April19, 19{}0 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7419 Kasich Nielson Sisisky 0 1334 On Monday, April 23, the House will Kastenmeier Nowak Skaggs Kennedy Oakar Skeen The Clerk announced the following meet at noon, and again there will be Kennelly Oberstar Skelton pair: no legislative business. Kildee Obey Slattery On Tuesday, April 24, the House will Kleczka Olin Slaughter On this vote: Kolbe Ortiz Slaughter Mr. Bonior for, with Mr. Stump against. meet at noon to consider eight suspen­ Kolter Owens Smith sion bills. Recorded votes on the sus­ Kostmayer Owens So the bill was passed. pensions will be postponed until after Kyl Oxley Smith The result of the vote was an­ LaFalce Packard Smith A motion to reconsider was laid on Lancaster Panetta Smith, Denny House Resolution 354, regarding Lantos Parker the table. human rights in Liberia. Leach Parris Smith, Robert Leath Pashayan Patterson Smith, Robert GENERAL LEAVE concerning Jerusalem and the peace Lent Paxon Payne Snowe Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I H.R. 2514, thrift savings plan techni­ Levine Payne Solarz ask unanimous consent that aJl Mem­ Lewis Pease Solomon cal amendments. Lewis Pelosi Spence bers may have 5 legislative days in House Joint Resolution -, technical Lightfoot Penny Spratt which to revise and extend their re­ corrections to the Ethics Reform Act Lipinski Perkins Staggers marks on H.R. 644, the bill just passed. Livingston Petri Stallings of 1989. Lloyd Pickett Stangeland The SPEAKER pro tempore Porter Stearns quest of the gentleman from New Federal Building and U.S. Court­ Lowey (NY) Poshard Stenholm Mexico? Luken, Thomas Price Stokes house." Lukens, Donald Pursell Studds There was no objection. House Resolution 4035, to name a Machtley Quillen Sundquist Madigan Rahall Swift building in Santa Rosa, CA "The John Manton Rangel Synar PERSONAL EXPLANATION F. Shea Federal Building." Markey Ravenel Tallon H.R. 3545, reauthorizing the Chesa­ Marlenee Regula Tauke Martin Rhodes Tauzin peake and Ohio Canal National His­ Martin Richardson Taylor HON. BILL NELSON torical Park Commission. Martinez Rinaldo Thomas OF FLORIDA H.R. 3811, recognizing the centen­ Mavroules Ritter Thomas nials of national parks. Mazzoli Roberts Torres IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES McCandless Robinson Towns On Wednesday, April 25, and Thurs­ McCloskey Roe Traficant Thursday, April19, 1990 day, April 26, we will be taking up McCrery Rogers Traxler Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, had I H.R. 3848, Depository Institution McCurdy Rohrabacher Udall McDade Ros-Lehtinen Unsoeld been present I would have voted "aye" on Money Laundering Amendments of McDermott Rose Upton rollcall No. 75. 1990, open rule, 1 hour of debate; H.R. McEwen Rostenkowski Valentine 4380, authorizing the appropriations McHugh Roth Vander Jagt for the superconducting supercollider, McMillan Roukema Vento McMillen Visclosky WITHDRAWAL OF NAME OF open rule, 1 hour of debate, and a con­ McNulty Rowland Volkmer MEMBER AS COSPONSOR OF current resolution having to do with Meyers Roybal Walgren H.R. 98 the budget for fiscal year 1991, subject Mfume Russo Walker Michel Sabo Walsh Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. to a rule. Miller Sarpalius Waxman my name be withdrawn as a cosponsor budget will be taken up in the Com­ Miller Schulze Wolf Morrison Schumer Wolpe gentleman said we would take up the Mrazek Sensenbrenner Wyden LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM rule on the budget on Wednesday. Murphy Serrano Wylie minute.) general debate and everything happen Natcher Shumway Young Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I have on Thursday? Neal McGrath the gentleman yield? man. Bates Flippo Nelson Mr. MICHEL. I yield to the distin­ Mr. FRENZEL. Mr. Speaker, will the Beilenson Ford Ray guished majority leader. gentleman yield? Bonior Grant Ridge Mr. GEPHARDT. I thank the gen­ Mr. MICHEL. I yield to the gentle­ Boxer Holloway Saiki Brown Horton Smith tleman for yielding. man from Minnesota [Mr. FRENZEL]. Callahan Houghton Stump Mr. Speaker, I would like to go Mr. FRENZEL. I thank the gentle­ Chandler Inhofe Tanner through the schedule: man for yielding. Clay Jenkins Thomas Vucanovich the day. tinguished majority leader that we are Crockett Lewis Watkins On tomorrow we will not have legis­ making deliberate speed to get the bill DeLay Matsui lative business. to the committee and out of the com- 7420 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE April19, 1990 mittee to the floor. It would be my Mr. GINGRICH. As the gentleman report on the concurrent resolution on hope that the majority would consider knows, we in the House have been the budget for fiscal year 1991. the scheduled debate on Wednesday. working on a bipartisan basis and in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the other body it was a bipartisan coa­ there objection to the request of the 0 1340 lition that bailed out Senator MITCH­ gentleman from Missouri? We have a lot of debate required, al­ ELL when we provided 34 of the 50 There was no objection. lowed under the Humphrey-Hawkins votes on the key vote, so it was a little painful when we saw this narrow par­ section of the bill. I think it would be 0 1230 very helpful to the House if it fits the tisanship come up. business that the majority has sched­ Let me say the gentlewoman from WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION uled, to begin work on Wednesday. Rhode Island [Ms. SCHNEIDER] is lead­

- -- .. ----.. . -·. ------· April19, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7421 your products in Europe and the Pacific equate protection of intellectual property INTEGRATION INTO A GLOBAL TRADING ORDER Rim: there was just too much protectionism, saw more and more American ideas pirated The vision underlying all of these efforts too many trade barriers. You were forced to by dishonest businessmen abroad. is our belief in the benefits that will come layoff a third of your employees and take a Well, how do you like the future? Not a from a integrated global trading order. We huge write-off on new equipment you'd pur­ pleasant picture, is it? As you can see, our see the negotiations under GATT and our chased in anticipation of the extra business, international trade talks are not abstract talks with individual nations as an impor­ but which now sits idle. discussions of arcane economic principles. tant force to maximize each nation's pros­ Then some of your most important prod­ The accords we seek in Geneva are essential perity and security, while broadening and uct designs were stolen by a gray marketeer to our future prosperity. Together we can strengthening its economic ties to the world. in India who is making cheap knock-offs prevent the dismal outcome I have outlined. A solid agreement coming out of this and selling them in your markets. You spent Luckily, there still is time; not a lot, but round of GATT talks can be the unifying $1 million in legal fees trying to stop it, but enough. force for integration from Budapest to Bra­ now your lawyers tell you that there is AN OVERVIEW OF U.S. TRADE POLICY silia. Only through such an agreement will nothing you can do about it. That is why President Bush, who fervent­ each nation alone, and the world as a whole, Is it you? Are you such a bad manager? ly believes in the economic and social bene­ gain the assurance that can come from a No, your other friends in business are tell­ fits that flow from open markets, has us in strong set of fair and enforceable global ing similar horror stories. a full-court press in our trade negotiations trade rules. So you wonder: How did things ever get around the world. Our orders from the this bad? What went wrong? When did it President: Unlock once-sealed markets so DO WE NEED A WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION? start? Who's to blame? that trade can expand, and negotiate a clear If we can achieve a solid agreement, then It all began in 1990 when, after four years set of enforceable rules that will curb unfair we could enthusiastically concur with those of hard-nosed negotiating in Geneva, the trade practices. who suggest that we go beyond the current United States was unable to get its trading We seek to implement that policy in three round of the GATT and create a new insti­ partners to agree to sweeping new rules for ways: tution to govern our trading system-a the General Agreement on Tariffs and First and foremost, we are laboring very World Trade Organization. Trade, or GATT. hard to achieve a successful conclusion of But let me be clear, simply building a new Funny, but you had never heard of GATT the current round of international trade edifice cannot be a substitute for the sub­ until recently. Just the other day the news­ talks ongoing under the auspices of the stantive rules we so sorely need. We must paper did a story about the decline of world GATT. We believe that a good agreement have the laws before we can build the court­ trade in the decade since the GATT's could transform an aging trading system of house. demise. The writer said that for the latter international trade rules into a passport for For a World Trade Organization to suc­ half of the 20th century, the GATT was the free trade. ceed it will require the confidence of all it most important trade agreement involving Second, we are conducting market-open­ serves that it will safeguard their national nearly 100 countries and covering better ing negotiations with our key trading part­ interests. We believe that such confidence than 80 percent of world trade. It was even ners. These negotiations cover the entire will be inspired if member nations know referred to as the "Constitution of Trade." range of American enterprise-from avoca­ that they can rely upon clear and enforcea­ You learned that after the GATT was dos to zincography. ble rules. signed in 1947, seven successful rounds of Lastly, we are using our own trade laws to The trade organization we envision could tariff cuts by the world's great trading na­ pry open the markets of racalcitrant na­ be an overarching institution linking the tions permitted trade to soar from $60 bil­ tions. new the new rules to the old rules, and pro­ lion to break the $3 trillion mark in 1990. As THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE TALKS viding a ·consistent means for the swift reso­ a result, the global economy grew faster in As I said, a successful completion of the lution of disputes. those 40 years than in any four decades of GATT talks in Geneva is our first priority. Some may vie:w this new organization with world history. Look at what we are trying to achieve in apprehension. Indeed, any further elabora­ But 1990 was a turning point for the this round. We seek to: tion will require close consultation with our GATT. World trade had outgrown the rules Expand market access for trade in goods; trading partners, as well as with Congress that had served so well for so long. Areas in­ we have challenged our trading partners to and American industry. But, I challenge adequately covered by GATT rules, like ag­ envision a future tariff-free world; anyone to name a single country that has riculture, or not covered at all like services, Achieve fundamental reform of agricul­ been economically dominated through free investment, and intellectual property, had ture, to cut the $72 billion of income lost an­ trade. taken on much greater importance in global nually from world protection of agricultural Furthermore, a World Trade Organization trade. markets; could be a positive vehicle for cooperation To make matters worse, many developing Rein in the hundreds of billions of dollars between the United States, Europe, and countries claimed exemption from the rules of trade distorting government subsidies Japan by keeping trade channels open and already in place. No longer at the margin of with which governments bribe the market thus aiding the growth and progress of both the trading system, they accounted for half instead of letting entrepreneurs win a share the developed and the developing world. It a trillion dollars in trade. on the basis of price and quality; could also enable smaller countries, who Thus in 1990, more than $1 trillion in Create a swift and effective means to re­ fear that the world is fissioning into trade goods and services was not adequately cov­ solve our trade disputes; blocs, to find a forum for raising issues of ered by internationally agreed rules of fair Ensure that the rules that we have and concern. play. That trillion dollars of trade, in indus­ those that we are negotiating apply to de­ A successful GATT agreement this De­ tries vital to America's future prosperity, veloping countries; and finally, cember can fuel the engine of growth for amounted to a third of world commerce. Develop equitable rules for the new areas the 21st century; a World Trade Organiza­ But, because the rules were weak, trade dis­ of services, investment, and intellectual tion could be the engineer who helps keep putes turned into trade wars. Instead of property. the throttle wide open. uniting nations, trade started to divide . Opening markets will benefit all business, them. but particularly small businesses, which ANOTHER VISION OF THE FUTURE That was why the United States pushed now account for 20 percent of our exports I began today with an ominous trip into hard to launch the new round of GATT and create four out of five new jobs. the future. Let me take you now on a more talks in 1986, and why President Bush made Improving protection of our intellectual pleasant one. Again, the year is 2001, and the successful conclusion of the GATT ne­ property will shield our producers of fine the place is Dallas. gotiations in December 1990, America's chemicals, pharmaceuticals, films, and text­ You are feeling good. You are the chair­ Number 1 trade priority. books from the $60 billion theft of their man of the board of a large manufacturer. However, inadequate public support in the basic know-how that occurs each year. Last year, your 1,000 employees could United States prevented government negoti­ Eliminating the protectionist policies that barely keep up with the orders from your ations from pressing for the needed im­ exist worldwide in agriculture will put $11 sales reps in Tokyo, Brasilia, Berlin, provements in the rules. Recalcitrant na­ billion in the pockets of American farmers­ Moscow, and Warsaw. Your Delhi office was tions were not convinced of the depth of that's an extra $3,400 for each and every able to swiftly stop a knock-off manufactur­ American commitment to trade reform. Ul­ one of them. er from making cheap imitations of your timately, no agreement was reached. There is simply no question about it: This hottest product by using new intellectual Then American firms found it increasing­ round of the GATT is a bold and ambitious property rules negotiated in 1990 at the ly difficult to break into new and vital over­ undertaking. It may be the last, best chance GATT talks. And, your accounting depart­ seas markets. Government subsidies contin­ this century to create the trading rules we ment says sales look like they are going to ued to skew the marketplace. And, inad- need for the next century. top $150 million for the first time. 7422 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE April19, 1990 Oh by the way, SMU beat Oklahoma in this morning if the reporters he invited are The GAO study also found that hundreds the Cotton Bowl 50 to nothing. barred from the facility. of environmental. health and safety prob­ WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT Luken was told late Tuesday afternoon by lems at the weapons plants had not been Nineteen-ninety is a pivotal year for the the U.S. Department of Energy that Cincin­ corrected years after their discovery. Only world economy. Down one path lie open nati reporters would not be allowed in the 34% of 1,731 health and safety problems markets, expanded trade, economic growth, plant, with him at 9:30 a.m. Instead, Luken and none of 1,277 environmental problems and prosperity. Down the other lie closed could have a press conference at 12:30 p.m. had been resolved, the report said. markets, nations turned inward, and gravely after his tour. "We know the problems are complex, but diminished prosperity for all. That "is how we've chosen to accommo­ that is no excuse for DOE's failure even to You and I need to heighten public aware­ date the information needs of the news come up with plans to clean up the hun­ ness that the rules we are negotiating in the media," DOE spokesman Steve Wyatt said dreds of nuclear hazards that threaten peo­ GATT to curb unfair trade practices and to Tuesday evening. "It's basically the stand-. ple's lives and the environment," said Sen. open markets mean more revenues for our ard method for visits by high-level officials Howard Metzenbaum, an Ohio Democrat industries and more jobs for our people. to any DOE facility." who requested the study. So, when you leave here, talk to your sup­ That isn't Luken's understanding. DOE spokesman Robert J. Griffin noted pliers, buyers, employees, friends and neigh­ "The Congressman has told the press that that Energy Secretary James Watkins has bors. Ask them to urge their congressmen he'll be there at 9:30 a.m. and he hopes put in place a 10-point plan to make plants and senators to support our positions at the they're there too," a member of Luken's cleaner and safer. GATT trade talks. Tell them that open mar­ Washington, D.C., staff said Tuesday. "We're talking about 30 years of neglect," kets mean revenues for our industries and "If DOE refuses to let the press in, they he said. "You are not going to turn some­ more jobs for our people. can turn everyone away from the gates, in­ thing like this around in two or three And if GATT sounds too much like cluding him. He views the press as repre­ years." jargon, tell them that it means Growth, senting the public, and he's not going to Despite Fernald's high health-and-safety Access, and free Trade Today. And that my participate Rep. Thomas Luken, who refused to enter they mean? They mean you have got data since 1986 showed that Fernald ha.S the plant without them. cancer, and you might not die for 10 or been cited for 31 serious environmental "DOE had adopted some kind of Gestapo 20 or 30 years. problems that pose "a high risk for a threat tactics," he said in an impromptu press con­ But here is the latest headlines. to health to occur," according to a General ference by the plant's front-door guard post, What a difference a year makes. Sec­ Accounting Office nature." Now, he says, "there's a recogni­ ment from Brush, which said, in part: "It At Florida Technological University, stu­ tion that we can wreck the planet." would be inappropriate to turn this senior dents put a rusty green Chevy on trial for This remarkable shift in public opinion is briefing into a roving press conference all polluting the air. Finding it guilty, they sen­ evident all around the world. In October, over the Fernald site." tenced it to death by sledgehammer and car­ 1988, 300,000 Lithuanians signed a petition "They've absolutely blown it today," said ried out the execution. It was Earth Day against a nuclear power plant. In Poland, Lisa Crawford, spokeswoman for Fernald 1970, and with similar acts of symbolism outrage over the environment-SO percent Residents for Environmental Safety and around the country, 20 million Americans of the Vistula River is too filthy even for in­ Health, which has fought DOE over in­ assisted at what turned out to be the birth dustrial use-helped fuel last spring's revo­ creased access to information about the of the modern environmental movement. lution. Norway has volunteered to contrib­ plant's pollution. "What little we gained Now, on Earth Day's 20th anniversary, en­ ute 0.1 percent of its gross national product here has been lost-the barricades have vironmentalism has soaked deep into Ameri­

39-059 0-9I-43 (Pt. 5) 7438 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE April19, 1990 But here is my point: What came to time when we are discussing, of all It was sort of an outrageous com­ my attention today is that when we go things, the crime bill. ment. I am sure he meant it purely in to the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of today Mr. GINGRICH. Let me say that I jest and I am sure when he looked at to try to find that statement, it is not think it is very important for us that it he found it embarrassing that he there. The gentleman from Texas re­ the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD be accu­ had been joking about crime. moved that rather important state­ rate and, second, that people under­ But I am curious, do you remember ment that he made on the House floor stand that our efforts to get the other than the omnibus crime package yesterday pleading for his position, Democratic leadership to bring various under President Reagan, do you re­ from the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. drug and crime bills to the floor is a member any major crime legislation Once again, I would say to the gen­ very important factor here. we have passed? tleman that this is precisely the ques­ The fact is that the U.S. Govern­ Mr. WALKER. Well, of course we tion that we have raised on numerous ment does have steps it can take which passed the omnibus drug bill in the occasions on the House floor, that will help us win the war on drugs and last Congress. there is a task force now studying, of violent crime. The President of the Mr. GINGRICH. That was under whether or not Members of Congress United States has sent up proposals President Reagan also. should be responsible for the state­ which have now been, I believe, 10 Mr. WALKER. That was under ments they make on the floor and months. President Reagan, that is correct. And whether or not they should be respon­ Mr. WALKER. Ten months in the we have not cleared any major crime sible enough to be held accountable by committee. legislation during the Bush adminis­ having those statements appear in the Mr. GINGRICH. And the Democrats tration, despite the fact that the Bush RECORD as they were stated on the in Congress have not met those pro­ administration has sent a crime and House floor. Once again we have a sig­ posals. drug package up here as the gentle­ nificant statement being made that 0 1550 man points out many months ago. was then removed from the CoNGRES­ Chief Justice Rehnquist has called The gentleman will remember a few SIONAL RECORD SO history WOUld not for 69 more judges because he said years ago, the only way we got a crime record that the gentleman from that there are not enough Federal bill to the floor was a very interesting Texas, the chairman of the Committee judges to try all of the savings and parliamentary maneuver where we on the Judiciary, said, "We have got loan cases and to try all of the drug were able to attach it to a supplemen­ almost as many crime bills passed as cases. So we have a real need to have tal appropriation bill at the last they have crimes committed." 69 more Federal judges, which I un­ moment and were able to put this Mr. GINGRICH. Can I ask the gen­ derstand the Democrats have not been whole package of amendments on the tleman a question? Because I am a willing to bring forward. So in effect floor because they had been passed by little puzzled here. Was that state­ there are drug dealers who are not the Senate. ment made as a part of a dialog that being tried because we cannot get the The Judiciary Committee has not involved other Members? Is it part of a Federal judges because the Democrats been very fond of reporting crime bills debate in which other Members were do not want to pass them. anyhow, and I am afraid that their at­ trying to communicate how they felt I think that it is inappropriate for a titude is not particularly positive in about it? Member to change what he said in a this case. Mr. WALKER. Let me say to the dialog in which other Members were Now we learn that they do not even gentleman, if he has a copy of the involved. want the public record to reflect what CONGRESSIONAL RECORD there, if he Mr. WALKER. Well, if the gentle­ that attitude may be. goes to page H1526 he will find on man would yield, the problem is that Mr. GINGRICH. Maybe if that was page H1526 a speech by the gentleman the remarks that he changed indicate our attitude, we would not necessarily from Texas [Mr. BROOKS] in which he that he does not believe that there is want the public to know it either. details his position with regard to the any particular need for any new crime Let me say that this whole problem action that we had on the floor and, bills. The gentleman has just detailed of the bureaucratic welfare state and yes, it was a part of a general debate, a couple of reasons why the Presi­ the way in which we are not able to but this was a speech by the chairman dent's crime bill is important and why solve the crime problem, I want to of the Committee on the Judiciary. It we need to report it, but the chairman quote one more section from Don is down about the third or fourth of the Judiciary Committee, which Graham, because it illustrates just paragraph is where he makes the re­ controls the crime bills in this Con­ how ridiculous America's biggest cities marks to which I have referred that gress, was indicating in the statement are getting and just how bad the bu­ have now been excised from the CoN­ that I read that he does not believe reaucratic welfare state has gotten. GRESSIONAL RECORD. that there is very much need for any Let me read this closing quote from The remarks, as reported there, new crime bills, because he says: Don Graham. He said: appear on the tape, but all of a sudden All of us that voted for crime bills almost At the 5th District 16-year-old headquar­ there is this gaping hole where the re­ every year for the past few years, we have ters, Deputy Chief Fred Raines never has to marks to which I have referred have got almost as many crime bills passed as water his potted plant. He just moved it been excised and so, therefore, we they have crimes committed. under the biggest roof leak in his office. have a situation where the CoNGRES­ That does not sound like a very seri­ When it rains, it pours throughout the building. Sections of wall and ceiling have SIONAL RECORD, rather than being an ous concern about getting additional fallen. One day last week no bathrooms in accurate reflection of the debate yes­ crime legislation to the House floor, the building worked, a frequent occurrence, terday, is an inaccurate reflection of and yet that ended up not appearing cops said. There isn't much the rest of us the debate yesterday, has remarks in in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. can do to help police in their jobs, but the it from the chairman of the Commit­ Mr. GINGRICH. May I ask the gen­ street is tough enough. It would be nice if tee on the Judiciary as he wishes he tleman a question, because I am curi­ the city's Department of Administrative would have said them rather than the ous. I do not seem to remember, par­ Services would give the police a place to way in which he actually said them, ticularly considering that statement come in out of the rain. and I am concerned about that. was made in Washington, DC, where Now, I want to expand upon what The task force that we have looking they have enough crimes in a given Don Graham said, because I think it into this matter, I think, should be day that that would be a big number, has to be said more strongly. There is very concerned about this, and it is a even if he had said as many crimes as a reason I believe for every American part of an ongoing pattern of abuse were committed, as many murders as to be enraged at the collapse of the that I find particularly disturbing at a were committed last week. bureaucratic welfare state, and at the April 19, 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7439 absolute failure of permissive atti­ I just want to clost. by urging my col­ Mr. FIELDS. tudes, because there are real human leagues, take a look at the Gramm­ Mr. SOLOMON. costs. Gingrich bill on drugs and violent Mr. FISH in two instances. The District of Columbia is not crime. Take a look at the American Mr. LENT. short of money, it is short of honesty Opportunities Workshop and contact Mr. SCHAEFER. and it is short of management. If it Will Pack and see what is going to be Ms. Ros-LEHTINEN in two instances. had an honest government and if it happening on that program, and rec­ Mr. GREEN in two instances. had a managed government that spent ognize that if we apply common sense, Mr. DOUGLAS. the money intelligently, if it applied if we apply the values that have Mr. STANGELAND. common sense, if it broke up the bu­ worked for America, we can solve the Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. reaucracy and used entrepreneurial problems we are talking about. Mrs. BENTLEY. free enterprise, if it applied technolog­ Mr. MACHTLEY in five instances. ical progress and innovation, and if it Mr. LEHMAN of Florida. believed in honest hard work, the Dis­ LEAVE OF ABSENCE O>; to the Com­ cians who affirm cultural values to bureau­ . Referred to the Committee of the purposes of treatment, storage, or disposal, of 1990," and report, pursuant to D.C. Code Whole House on the State of the Union. unless the State in which the waste was Section 1-233; to the Committee on Mr. FORD of Michigan: Committee on generated has, in effect, a law prohibiting the District of Columbia. Post Office and Civil Service. H.R. 2514. A nonreturnable beverage containers; to the 3024. A letter from the Secretary of Edu­ bill amending subchapter III of chapter 84 Committee on Energy and Commerce. cation, transmitting a copy: "Final Regula­ of title 5, United States Code; with an By Mr. ENGEL: tions-Federal State and Local Partnership amendment of the Interior and Related jointly, to the Committees on Education By Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut: Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year and Labor and Foreign Affairs. H.R. 4566. A bill to amend title XVIII of 1990, pursuant to Public Law 101-121, sec­ By Mr. BILBRAY: the Social Security Act to require the arbi­ tion 318(h) <103 Stat. 750>; jointly, to the H.R. 4559. A bill to establish the Red tration of medical malpractice claims Committees on Agriculture, Appropriations, Rock Canyon National Conservation Area; brought by Medicare beneficiaries; jointly, Interior and Insular Affairs, and Merchant to the Committee on Interior and Insular to the Committees on Ways and Means and Marine and Fisheries. Affairs. Energy and Commerce. By Mr. DREIER of California